News

Growing tomatoes can be rewarding, and there's only one small change you need to make to ensure your crop doesn't get ravaged by pests before you harvest them.
Insect eyes are generally sensitive to ultraviolet, blue and green light. With the exception of some butterflies, they cannot ...
Hydrangeas are a flower power plant for summer gardens. They grow in hard-to-fill niches in garden plantings, or they can ...
When our favorite celebrity TV chef recently posted a strawberry-rhubarb dessert recipe, we thought it would be fun to try baking it. We quickly discovered that not only was it difficult to find fresh ...
If you prefer sleek, structural flowers over fluffy-petalled blooms, consider planting a late crop of morning glory. This low ...
Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Joy’ has a clumping foliage that displays flowers that begin as pink and turn rosy russet-red in ...
MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice about container gardens and care of crape myrtles, blue daze plants, trimming palms, ...
WE may well be seeing lower slug and snail numbers this summer thanks to colder weather in winter and the recent dry spells.
‘Forest Pansy’ is an older variety, but still a good one, with its deep red, or maroon, touch. Some other newer ones have similar coloration, and they seem less touchy than the aforementioned ‘The ...
Red shade perennials can add a striking touch of color to gardens with limited sunlight, creating an attractive contrast to ...
Knowing the difference between common edible plants and poisonous counterparts that look just like them can spare you some ...
Jackie BantleSaskatchewanCantaloupe and watermelon are members of the Cucurbit family of plants. This family also includes pumpkins, cucumbers and winter squash however, of all of these vine crops, ...